Invasion

Harrier, Book 3 (Raptors, Book 6)

By: Jaime Castle, C.J. Valin

Narrated by: Jay Snyder, John Pirhalla, Will Collyer, Garrett Michael Brown, Barrett Leddy

How do you stop an invasion force that just defeated the most powerful person on the planet? Chances are, you don’t.

But the world’s greatest heroes and villains are going to team up and make their best attempt.

After the Tuldarians—a race of dinosaur-like aliens—invade the Earth with overwhelming numbers of ships and soldiers, the world’s governments finally repeal the Anti-Vigilante Acts. Now, the masked crimefighters and criminals who haven’t been allowed to use their powers are being asked to fight to save humanity. And to think, I was just put in prison for just trying to be a good guy.

However, with the recent knowledge that the Tuldarians have developed a way of stripping us from superpowers, that could prove more difficult than it seems—in fact, it could be a suicide mission.

My name is Sawyer William Vincent (I know, it's three first names. Think I haven't heard that before?) Once known as Red Raptor, I'm now Black Harrier, one of the world's most famous masked crime-fighters. And I’m trying to help stop the end of the world.

Invasion is the third book in the new Harrier series from Audible number one best-selling author Jaime Castle and CJ Valin, the creators of Raptors.

©2023 Aethon Books (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Fun series!

What a fun, lighthearted series that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I enjoyed all of these books to help pass the time while doing barn chores. I so appreciate that there is no foul language, no sex (just a couple of instances of innuendo that made me laugh out loud), just fun action and really good narrators. Is there some similarity to other comic book heroes? Sure. Didn’t bother me a bit. I hope there are more books to come!

short to end

felt like it went fast to end all.stories from before. still a fun listen to with the alien twists and last min reveal.

Pretty good! 👍👍

Good series. However, Alex and Amy are sociopaths. I wish Sawyer would have wound up with you-know-who. Also, Baron Steel had a posh British accent sometimes and a Scottish accent the other. VO actors should’ve been given notes for continuity.

Blockbuster Story / Bittersweet Endings

Action-packed. Heartfelt. For the fans.

These are the best ways I can describe Invasion without spoiling things. Sean Meyers/Crosscircuit once more steals much of the show (and boy did his voice actor nail it!). Also, I did not expect to find myself loving Battlegear’s tale half as well as I did. That’s a tribute to Jaime’s and Chris’s fine storytelling skills. And of course, the saga’s star, Sawyer, gets a worthy arc.

I write all this with songs about “Goodbye” playing in my headphones because I know that it will be a long while before the series continues, if ever. So before I choke up, I want to say thank you, so much, to the authors for crafting a universe with characters and stories that I have loved, from the warts to the many shining diamonds.

You really should do it again sometime.

Too much DC

I quite enjoyed the overall story, my only pet peeve is that many of the main characters themes in backstories too closely resemble those of DC characters, besides that the execution of these characters and this story, might be truly perfect.